John Lytle Wilson

Medium: Painting

Location: Outside Booth 9

John Lytle Wilson is a Birmingham, Alabama painter and muralist recognized for his vibrant, pop-surrealist imagery featuring robots, monkeys, and other creatures. His work explores complex human themes like consciousness, free will, and mortality.

South Carolina native, Wilson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Birmingham-Southern College (1999) and a Master of Fine Arts from Florida State University (2004). He has taught at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham-Southern College, Florida State University and Valdosta State.  He was named one of the “100 Under 100: The New Superstars of Southern Art” by Oxford American and has been featured in New American Paintings.

One of Wilson’s signature series involves “correcting” existing works—often thrift store landscapes—by painting robots, creatures, and futuristic storylines into the original scenes. His work explores “nature vs. technology” or “prehistoric vs. futuristic” all with bright flat paint. Wilson has painted mural at the Birmingham Museum of Art, the UAB Specialty Care Clinic, and the Facebook Data Center in Huntsville.